Everyone's Talking

"Everyone's Talking", actual name "Everybody's Talking", was a gameshow which aired on ABC from February 6 to December 29, 1967. Former dance-party host Lloyd Thaxton was the host, and Wink Martindaleand Charlie O'Donnell were the announcers.

Gameplay

The object of the game was for three contestants to watch a film of people on the street making short descriptions of a person, place, or object. The point value of each round started at 100, then counted down one point approximately every second. The first player to buzz in with a guess as to what "everybody's talking" about froze the point value of the round. If the other two players had a guess, they had to buzz in and make it before the subject was revealed (and with the point value frozen, they didn't know when this would be). The player with the correct guess (if any) got the points, and subsequent rounds were played in the same manner until one player scored at least 100 points. The winner played a bonus round in which a correct guess tripled the point value when the film was stopped.

By the summer of 1967 the contestants were replaced by three celebrities playing for viewers at home; the program opened with each drawing a postcard backstage before entering the studio.

Notes

Jack Barry created this show during a brief period working for Goodson-Todman. Due to lingering bad publicity concerning his possible involvement in the rigging of "Twenty-One" and "Tic Tac Dough" in the late 1950s, he asked that his name be kept off the credits. Jerome Schnur Productions packaged the show instead.

In 1973 Barry revived the show as "Hollywood's Talking", with three contestants trying to guess what a number of celebrities were talking about. If a player made a correct guess during the first one-third of the film, s/he won $150; during the second third, $100; during the last third, $50. The first player to score $250 went on to a bonus round, identifying short descriptions for additional cash. This show is notable as the first hosting job for Geoff Edwards, later host of "Jackpot!" and "The New Treasure Hunt". It aired on CBS from March 26–June 22, 1973, and was replaced by one of the most popular game shows of the '70s, "Match Game".